5 Sep
2007
5 Sep
'07
5:10 p.m.
Chip,
Thank you. The would explain the harshness i am hearing too. It actually
hurts. I have to turn the volume way down from where i usually listen, and
i don't listen that loud anyway. I mean, granted i now it's not gonna
sound like a high-end product but this is ridiculous.
I suppose they are only testing on computer desktop speakers where you
wouldn't even hear the grain.
It's good to know that all AC '97 cards do this (at least at the time of
writing)
I just hooked up my motherboard sound chip again and even with the hum of
the fans through the speakers it sounds *much* better.
Of course the ultimate goal is to get a good AV processor and be able to
go out through HDMI with the upcoming Intel boards, but that's another
goal entirely.
Thanks,
Bearcat M. Sandor
Not too long ago I read a website about why not to use
SB soundcards.
The effect is that the rate is locked at 48khz and things have to be
resampled to 44.1 for CD quality and things of that nature. Doesn't
seem to make much sense to me as I am just learning about this myself,
but I dug through my history until I found the site that I was
reading. I'll post it here for you, but I don't know how dated the
information there is.
http://www.pcmus.com/choosecard.htm
On 05/09/07, Bearcat M. Sandor <HomeTheater(a)feline-soul.com> wrote:
Folks,
I had a house fire a few years ago in which i lost my beloved audio
equipment.
Since then i have been building an audio system as money allows. I now
have
a pair of Anthony Gallo Acoustics 3.1 reference. They are *very*
transparent
and tell me a lot about what is happening up-stream. I also picked up a
Carver TFM-15CB. My aim is a pair of Bel Canto Ref 1000 amps but this
will do
for now. I run my audio from computer to Carver with no out-board
preamp in
between.
My computer, which was also through the fire, has been having
motherboard
problems lately (what a surprise!). Since i was replacing the sound
card
anyway (on board nvidia chipset via an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe), i got a
Sound
Blaster Extigy on ebay. I knew it was cheep but it's what i can afford
now.
I'm confused by what i'm hearing. It's very nice not to hear the whir of
my
fans (especially the damned chipset fan) through my speakers, but things
sound shallow in comparison to running my audio straight from the
motherboard. I get a little more detail and it's a lot quieter, but the
weight of things are gone.
Some things sound alright, but when i listen to a track of 4 cellos
playing,
the feeling of the layered harmonics is gone. Things sound flat. Not
flat in
a sound-stage sense, but pianos while having the depth don't have the
body.
They sound like toys or as if i'm playing an MP3. There is a fatiguing
bite
to things as well.
I tested the frequency response with some warble tones and i can hear
much
deeper bass tones then i could with the motherboard. I presume that is
an
effect of not having the fan noise smear things.
It's just not emotionally engaging and i don't know where to go from
here.
Would a SB Audity 2 NX help or would it just be more of the same for
more
money? I don't want to spend a lot as this is just a stop-gap till i can
afford something better, but can someone tell me if this is the extigy
in
particular, all SBs sound like this or is this the nature of all cards
at
this level?
Thank you,
Bearcat M. Sandor
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